Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina / Tealia felina), on bed of Common brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, August 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra), yellow colour variety, with Common brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis), on sea bed, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotlan...

Juergen Freund / Brittle star on sponge. (Ophiothrix suensonii) Caribbean

Birgitte Wilms / Brittlestar (Ophiothrix sp) juvenile on Blue Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) Solomon Islands

Juergen Freund / Brittlestar on fan coral, Caribbean

Dan Burton / Common brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis) on sea bed, Scotland

Georgette Douwma / Kaleidoscopic image of brittle star (Ophiothrix sp), North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Kaleidoscopic image of Brittlestar (Ophiothrix sp.) on Sea pen (Virgularia sp.). Rinca, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Kaleidoscopic image of Brittlestar (Ophiothrix species) on soft coral on which there are Acoel flatworms (Waminoa species). Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Yellow sun star (Solaster endeca) amongst Brittle stars (Ophiothrix fragilis) on a Horse mussel bed (Modiolus modiolus) Sheltand Islands, Scotland, UK, September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Horse mussel bed (Modiolus modiolus) with Brittle stars (Ophiothrix fragilis),Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) and Northern sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) Sheltand Islands, Scotland, UK, S...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Horse mussels (Modiolus modiolus) with brittle stars (Ophiothrix fragilis), Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.